Disinfecting-nest.



0. B. ANDREWS.

DISINFECTING NEST. APPLICATION FILED DEc.4.19Is.

1 ,216,765 Patented Feb. 20, 1917.

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OLIVER B. ANDREWS, or oirrcraivooGAA, TENNESSEE.

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I Specification of Lctt'ers Patent. i Patet'd Feb.`20,

` Applcationled December 4, 1916. SeiralNo. 134,953.

f To all 'whom z' may concern." Y

Be it known that I, OLIVER B. ANDREws, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chattanooga; in the county of Hamilton and State of Tennessee, `have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Disinfecting-Nests; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to disinfecting cases for fowls and has for its object to provide a nest of this character which will be simple in construction, comparatively inexpensive to manufacture and one which will be unusually efficient in action.

Vith this object in view the invention -f consists in the novel details of construction and combinations of parts more fully hereinafter disclosed and out in the claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a nest made in accordance with the invention;

Fig. 2 is a detail sectional View showing the bottom of the nest and one form of disinfecting receptacle in place;

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2 showing the parts from a direction at right angles to that from which Fig. 2 is seen and Fig. 4 is a sectional view of a modified form of disinfectant holder.

1 indicates any suitable nest construction,

but preferably of rectangular form and pro-- vided with a partial cover such as 2, leav-v ing an opening 3 for the entrance of the fowl. VThe body portion 1 is preferably closed on four sides as shown andvis provided with a bottom 4 on which rests the ledges 5 and6 and which ledges are pro-V vided with the V-shaped holes 7 as shown. Extending across the nest between the ledges 5 and 6 is the false bottom 8 provided with the perforations 9 to facilitate the escape of the disinfecting fumes or vapors that escape from the receptacle 10 which is located between the true bottom 4 and the' false bottom 8. The said bottom 4 is preferably provided with the ledge or holding pieces 11 and 12 between which the said receptacle 10 rests. The said receptaclelO may be provided with a central powder holding recepf tacle 13 and an annular particularly pointedl "leading into saidV channels 31.

space 14 for the accommodation of a liquid. 1 The said recepthe receptacle 13 or the passage of the powdered material 18 to the space 14.V

. The falsebottom 8, as well as the supporting ledge members 5 and G-are made of dimensions smaller than the interiorof the nest 1, so as to leave a space 20 on all sides between the outer surfaces of the false tacle 13 is suitably perforated as at 16 to permit the passage of the liquid to and from bottom and the inner surfaces of the nest 1.

v I This said space '20 inconnection with the orifices and the open spaces 21 between the eXtreme ends of the members' and 6 serves to permit a ready escape of the fumes" or vapors of the disinfectant 18 and thus to insure a thorough permeation of the material 4of the nest with the disinfectant, Vthereby insuring ,that the nest will always be free from mites and other vermin.

`course the orilices 9 are also of the greatest assistance in permitting the said fumes to not only permeate up `through the material of the nest, but to also permeate the feath- Vers of the hen while on the nest and thus hen. 4vIn Fig. 4 is illustrated a v,somewhat modified vform of disinfectant container, consisting of the reversely bent dish portion 30 vprovided with the channels 31 and the central container 32 having the holes 33 A liquid such as 34 is accommodated inthe annular space below the receptacle 32, and receives the powdered material 18 through said holes 33 and channels 31.

What I claim is: Y

In a disinfecting nest the combination of a main body portion provided with a bottom, a disinfectant receptacle adapted to 165 rest on said bottom; means for holding said receptacle on said bottom; a false bottom provided with a cutaway portion to faciliv tate its ready removaland replacement and with a plurality of disinfectant conducting openings ;l a pair` of strips provided with disinfectant conducting openings. adapted to hold said false bottom at a predetermined the exteriorv of said.

body portion of the nest to provide a olisinfectant' conducting annular space Aaljound false bottom communieating with the openings in said strips; and a strip on the top to partially'close the en- Copies of this patent may -be obtained for ve cents trainee to said nest', substantially as de- Vsribeol In testimony lWlneneof I aHiX my signuture, in presence of two Witnesses.

- OLIVER B. ANDREWS.

Titnesses n G. HOPER, A. @"CONNELL.

each, by addressiaifgzthe;Commissioner of nBatentS,

, Washington, D. .6. 

